Hey i am Mariah Sumpter

I love to play soccer and i am in the marching band at Kempsville High School.





ANNOTATED LOG


A. SOL Pretest.....................................................................................................................................( Sep 20, 2010 )
o My sol pretest I talked about how the government should be in charge. I hit on key points on how the government is good for our country and that people should listen to them.

B. American Dream.............................................................................................................................( Nov 18, 2010 )
o This piece was based on the book the great Gatsby that we read in class. This was one of my favorites to write because I got to talk about what I want to achieve in my American dream
C. Gatsby Essay......................................................................................................................................( Feb 1, 2011 )
o This piece is based on the book the Great Gatsby that we read in class this year. I personally loved that book.

D. Persuasive Essay.............................................................................................................................(Dec 22, 2010 )
o This piece I wrote about how celebrities are not the best influence on little kids and teens. I used the little girl I babysit for named Emma as an example throughout my entire story.

E.Persuasive Research Essay..............................................................................................................(Jan 20, 2011)
o This piece I wrote about body piercing and tattooing and the effects it has on the body. I used my best friend Kayla as a prime example of what not do when getting piercings and tattoos.
F. Midterm Essay ...............................................................................................................................( Jan 27, 2011 )
o This was a letter I wrote to myself about what I want to accomplish this last semester as a junior. I wrote what I wanted to do and what I needed to do. I talked about my future college life.
G. Narrative Essay...............................................................................................................................( Apr 26, 2011 )
o This piece I wrote about the time I rode my first roller coaster and how I hated it. I went on to tell about how now I love to ride roller coasters and ride them as many times as I can.
H. Extended Metaphor Poem..............................................................................................................( Mar 22, 2011)
o The Poem I wrote was comparing myself to a thunderstorm. I like this piece because I really got to express who I am.
I. Self Reliance Project .......................................................................................................................( Apr 4, 2011 )
o The self reliance project let me express why I am who I am. I talked about the hard times growing up and how it changed me and how different I am because of the decisions that were made for me.
J. Cover Letter And Resume.................................................................................................................( Apr 25, 2011)
o I can read this and know what I have to give to my future employer and a college that I am looking into going to.
K. SAT Essay ........................................................................................................................................( Apr 26, 2011)
o This was wrote about winning does not require people to be against someone else; people can reach their goals through cooperation just as well as they can through competition. Winning is not always the result of selfish individualism. People achieve happiness by cooperating with others to increase the happiness of all, rather than by winning at others’ expense. Ours is not a world in which the price of one person’s happiness is someone else’s unhappiness.
L1Gatsby Rap ....................................................................................................................................( Nov 18, 2010)
i. I wrote this with Lauran Queenan, we had to write something using the vocabulary from the Great Gatsby book and we decided to write about a bad friend.
L2. Poe Parody...............................................................................................................(Apr 26, 2011)
i. This was a group project and I worked with Jessica Newman and Lauran Queenan and we all did a parody of little red riding hood using one of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories to help us write it.
o L6 Creative Writing .......................................................................................................( Apr 26, 2011)
i. This creative writing piece was allowed to be whatever piece of writing that we did this year. I chose to do a piece from my journalism class I used an editorial about New York City.
M. Reflection ...................................................................................................................................................................................